Table 2.
Baseline characteristics
| Radical resection group | Palliative resection group | P value | |
| Number of patients | 31 | 18 | N/A |
| Sex (M/F) | 19/12 | 13/5 | 0.541 |
| Age (yr) | 56.2 ± 14.3 (22-83) | 59.1 ± 12.7 (34-79) | 0.632 |
| Liver metastases | 0.124 | ||
| H1 | 24 | 10 | |
| H2 | 7 | 8 | |
| Location of tumor | 0.892 | ||
| Gastric antrum | 15 | 7 | |
| Body of stomach | 8 | 5 | |
| Gastric fundus and cardia | 6 | 5 | |
| Whole stomach | 2 | 1 | |
| Pattern of gastrectomy | 0.255 | ||
| Proximal gastrectomy | 3 | 5 | |
| Distal gastrectomy | 15 | 7 | |
| Total gastrectomy | 13 | 6 | |
| Pattern of reconstruction | 0.251 | ||
| Billroth II | 12 | 5 | |
| Roux-en-Y | 16 | 8 | |
| Gastric remnant esophageal anastomose | 3 | 5 |